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芯

xīn

Character

What 芯 means

1. bound formthe pith of the rush plant (used as a lampwick)

Other readings

芯 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• xìnused in {芯子|xìn zi}; Taiwan pr. xīn

Example sentences

• 我从她那里拿了一根自动铅笔芯。
  I got a piece of lead for my mechanical pencil from her.
• 蜡烛没有了芯，就不能算是蜡烛了。
  Làzhú méiyǒu le xīn, jiù bù néng suànshì làzhú le.
  A candle without a wick is no candle at all.
• 调查人员的结论基于对取自东非大裂谷坦噶尼喀湖底部的一块距今 6 万年的沉积物岩芯的分析。坦噶尼喀湖位于东非大裂谷，与蒲隆地、刚果民主共和国、坦尚尼亚和尚比亚接壤，是世界第二深的淡水湖。
  Investigators base their conclusion on an analysis of a 60,000-year-old sediment core extracted from the bottom Lake Tanganyika in the East African Rift Valley, which borders Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Tanzania and Zambia. The lake is the world's second deepest fresh water lake.

Words starting with 芯

• 芯片xīn piàncomputer chip; microchip
• 芯片组xīn piàn zǔchipset
• 芯子xìn zifuse; wick; forked tongue (of a snake)

Words containing 芯

• 堆芯duī xīnreactor core
• 滤芯lǜ xīnfilter cartridge; filter
• 笔芯bǐ xīnpencil lead; pen refill
• 纤芯xiān xīncore (of a fiber)
• 阀芯fá xīnvalve stem
• 电芯diàn xīnbattery cell
• 龙芯Lóng xīnLoongson (a family of general-purpose CPUs developed within China)
• 反应堆芯fǎn yìng duī xīnreactor core
• 燃料芯块rán liào xīn kuàifuel pellets
• 纤芯直径xiān xīn zhí jìngcore diameter (of a fiber)
• 灯芯绒dēng xīn róng(textiles) corduroy
• 灯芯dēng xīnvariant of 灯心
• 灯芯草dēng xīn cǎosee 灯心草

Characters built on 心

These share the phonetic component 心 (xīn), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 您nínyou (courteous, as opposed to informal 你
• 沁qìnto seep; to percolate
• 愍mǐnvariant of 悯
• 吣qìnto vomit (of dogs and cats); to rail against; to talk nonsense

Characters that look like 芯

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 花huāflower; blossom; fancy pattern
• 丽lìbeautiful
• 忍rěnto bear; to endure; to tolerate
• 苗miáosprout
• 芒mángawn (of cereals); arista (of grain); tip (of a blade)
• 昌chāng(bound form) prosperous; flourishing

Sounds the same

Read xīn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 新new; newly; meso- (chemistry)
• 心heart; mind; intention
• 辛(of taste) hot or pungent; hard; laborious
• 欣happy
• 薪(literary) firewood; fuel; (bound form) salary
• 馨fragrant
• 鑫(used in names of people and shops, symbolizing prosperity)
• 歆pleased; moved
• 昕dawn
• 锌zinc (chemistry)
• 忻happy
• 莘Asarum; Wild ginger; also 细辛